Door-hanger track and support.



I. W. DAVIS.

DOOR HANGER TRACK AND SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.29, 1909.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

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IRVIN W. DAVIS, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF TO RUPERTA. NOURSE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

DOOR-HANGER TRACK AND SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 18, 1910.

Application filed March 29, 1909. Serial No. 485,347.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lnvIN W. DAVIS, residing in Milwaukee, in the countyof Milwaukee and State of Viisconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Door-Hanger Tracks and Supports, of which the followingis a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for connecting andsupporting tracks used in connection with sliding doors of that type inwhich sliding doors are suspended by a hanger from a track secured tothe frame of a doorway.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a track and supportin which the track sections are adapted to be removably joined togetherat the ends of a connecting member which may be tubular, as shown in thedrawing, or of any other desired form capable of connecting the partstogether, said member connected to one end of the track section andadapted to be inserted into the end of the adjoining track section.

Another object of this invention is to provide a track and support inwhich the parts may be assembled and riveted together at the place ofmanufacture if desired, so that when a track is received by a purchaserit is only necessary to fasten up the brackets to the door frame and thetrack is finished and ready for the door and hanger.

A further object of this invention is to provide a track and support inwhich the track sections are connected together and supported withoutthe necessity of providing said track sections with longitudinal slotswhich tend to weaken the structures so formed, whereby said track andsupport are rendered much stronger and durable.

With the above, and other objects in view, the invention consists of thedevice and its parts and combinations.

In the accompanying drawing, in which the same reference charactersindicate the same parts in all of the views: Figure 1 is a top view ofthree supporting brackets and two track sections joined together, thetracks being in longitudinal section; Fig. 2 is a top view thereof, withthe track sections spaced apart; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional viewof the track and its supporting bracket shown in connection with a doorhanger and a fragment of a door; and Fig.

4 is a front view of one of the supporting brackets.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates a portion of the frameof a doorway to which is connected a supporting bracket 6 provided witha horizontally projecting tapering stud 7, round in cross section andprovided with shoulders 8 integral therewith. The brackets are providedwith bolt apertures for connecting them to the door frames.

The track which is shown as of tubular construction, consists ofsections of tubes 9 provided with transverse perforations 10 near theirends and through which the studs 7 are adapted to extend and their endsupset to firmly rivet the parts together. A short joint member 11provided near one end with transverse perforations 12 is adapted to bepartly inserted in one of the ends of each pair of the abutting tracksections with the apertures thereof in register with the apertures insaid sections and the projecting stud of one of the brackets passingthrough all of said apertures and having its outer end upset to rivetthe three parts together. The portion of the joint member 11 whichextends from one end of a track section forms the connecting member endof the track and in assembling the track on a door frame this end isinserted in the open end of the abutting track sections to aline the twosections of the track. The joint members are of such dimension as tosnugly fit within the ends of the track sections. The shoulders 8 on theprojecting studs serve to properly position the tracks with relationthereto and when in position bear against the outer surfaces of thetracks.

The medial portions of the track sections are supported with bracketssimilar to the brackets which support the track ends and the tracksections are medially apertured, transversely, in the same manner as atthe ends.

The track is adapted to support a sliding door 13 suspended therefrom bya hanger 14: provided with a roller 15 and a guard 16. The hanger frameis adjustable with relation to the roller and the door frame by means ofa spindle 17 threaded to the hanger frame and provided with a jam nut 18to lock the spindle in adjusted positions.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the track andbracket are of simple construction and are inexpensive to manufactureand assemble and is strong and durable'.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A track and support, comprising a bracket provided With a projectingstud, a track provided with transverse apertures near its end, and atransversely apertured joint member positioned partly within the trackend, said bracket stud extending through said apertures and providedwith fastening means.

2. A track and support, comprising a bracket provided With a shoulderedprojecting stud, a tubular track section provided with transverseapertures near its end, and a transversely apertured joint memberpositioned partly within the track end, and its outer end adapted to beinserted in the end of another track section to aline the two sectionstogether, said bracket stud extending through said apertures with theshoulder of the stud engaging a portion of the track and the end of thestud being upset to rivet the bracket, the tracks and the joint membertogether.

3. A joint for a d'oor hanger track, coinprising tubular track sectionshaving abutting ends, a joint member partly inserted in both sections,and a supporting bracket provided with a portion extending transverselythrough one of the tubular sections and the joint member to immovablyconnect said section to the joint member.

4. A joint for a door hanger track, comprising transversely aperturedtubular track sections having abutting ends, a cylindrical transverselyapertured joint member partly inserted in both sections, and supportingbrackets provided with shouldered projecting studs extending through theapertures of the track sections and having their outer ends upset torivet the parts together and the shoulders bearing against the outersurfaces of the track sections, one of said projecting studs alsopassing through the apertures or the cylindrical joint member.

In testimony whereof, I ailiii my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

IRVIN W; DAVIS.

Vvitnesses C. H. KEENEY, ANNA F. SCHMIDTBAU'ER.

